Waterway and Maritime Disasters

Curious beachgoers looked on Sunday as a crew from a marine salvage company tried to pull a 63-foot crab fishing boat off the sands of Fort Lauderdale beach after it hit the rocks of a jetty and ran aground.

After three hours attempting to pull the boat from shore, Fort Lauderdale-based TowBoat U.S. suspended efforts until Monday, according to a company representative.

Four men were rescued from the Joyce Lynn II by the U.S. Coast Guard late Friday after the vessel hit rocks north of Port Everglades and began taking on water, according to Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios.

At least one man suffered injuries in jumping from the stricken vessel to the Coast Guard boat, Rios...

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